Culturescapes Iceland: between sagas and pop
26 January 2019
<Culturescapes Iceland> explores the cultural landscape of the island in the North Atlantic focussing history, language and trauma. In Iceland, literature is particularly closely related to history and has strongly influenced the young nation.
<Culturescapes Iceland> explores the cultural landscape of the island in the North Atlantic focussing history, language and trauma. In Iceland, literature is particularly closely related to history and has strongly influenced the young nation. As Iceland’s longest established art form, literature is therefore addressed thoroughly. Icelandic experts, artists and connoisseurs from the rest of Europe describe an extremely creative and sensational cultural scene and its base in the fascinating history of Iceland. The publication is completed by prints of contemporary photographic work. With contributions by Ástráður Eysteinsson, Jürg Glauser, Hallgrímur Helgason and Andri Snær Magnason.
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Festival
26 January 2019
EFFE Label 2015/2016
Wir gehören zu Europe's finest festivals: CULTURESCAPES ist eines von acht Schweizer Festivals, die mit dem EFFE Label 2015/2016 geehrt wurden.
Festival
26 January 2019
Schön Wars!
Áfram með smjörið, ran an die Butter war das Motto der dreizehnten Ausgabe von CULTURESCAPES, die dem sagenumworbenen Inselstaat Island gewidmet war.
Festival
26 January 2019
Culturescapes Iceland: between sagas and pop
<Culturescapes Iceland> explores the cultural landscape of the island in the North Atlantic focussing history, language and trauma. In Iceland, literature is particularly closely related to history and has strongly influenced the young nation.
Festival
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Some photos of the opening night
For the joint opening concert the Basel Sinfonietta presented ‹Epicycle I - Ísland› with contemporary compositions from the second largest island in Europe.
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Interdisciplinary lecture series - Iceland. Topographies between history and landscape
Iceland has always had a uinique way of capturing the imagination of the outside world. The aim of this lecture series at the University of Basel is to examine Iceland as a both a place of historic as well as current interest, from the perspectives of various disciplines.
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Universität Basel
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Universität Basel
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Einar Falur Ingólfsson ‹sites and shelters›
Across three exhibitions the Icelandic cultural journalist, literature critic, and photographer Einar Falur Ingólfsson (*1966) devotes himself to his homeland of Iceland:...
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Oslo 8 - gallery for contemporary photography
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Biophilia - workshops for school classes
The ‹Biophilia› education-project interactively and playfully conveys knowledge about music, nature and science to children from 10-12 years.
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HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel)
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Pétur Thomsen ‹imported landscape›
Iceland's countryside is not just an aesthetic, but also a social and political challenge, especially when confronted with today's ecological and economic crises.
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Unternehmen Mitte
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Dominik Labhardt ‹close to iceland›
Dominik Labhardt's (*1953) photographs are shaped by the experience of a landscape.
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Galerie Eulenspiegel
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‹Unterwegs nach hellissandur›
At the entrance to the exhibition we are welcomed by the Demented Diamond of the Kling og Bang Gallery - dense and colourful, just like the city of Reykjavík itself.
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Austellungsraum Klingental
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‹Sensible nature›
In at the Museum of Natural History, Ragna Róbertsdóttir and Egill Sæbjörnsson have devoted themselves to the seismologically and volcanically active landscape of Iceland - a source of inspiration, ...
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Kristján Guðmundsson Works from the SAFN – Collection of Pétur Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir
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RappazMuseum
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Artists in residence ‹kunstschlager›
For two weeks the Markthalle will host , a group of young experimental artists from Reykjavík,...
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Markthalle
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Coping with distance
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Photoforum Pasquart
